Umerkot

Umerkot is a town in the Umarkot District of Pakistan's Sindh region. It was formerly a university of the Maratha Confederacy.

History
Umerkot has had a long history of historical significance, starting with the birth of the Mughal Empire emperor Akbar the Great on 14 October 1542 in the Umarkot Fort. Also, the Thai slave Umar Marvi was imprisoned in the Umarkot Fort by the Sindhi king Umar because she refused to be his wife has led to Umar Marvi being idolized by the people of Umerkot's Sindh region.

In the 1700s, Umerkot was conquered by the Maratha Confederacy and Umerkot became a university and many scholars flourished from the town. It was burnt down many times by rebels in the Sindh region who were opposed to the industrialization of the Sindh region, but it was repaired again and again. Today, there are 100 schools and 20 colleges, and the main languages are Sindhi, Punjabi, Dhatki, Urdu, and English.